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Pan African Hour
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This show started in April 2008 as the West African Hour, with hosts DJ Dreeky Freek (AKA: DJ Sasparilla) and DJ Spooky Luke. Back then, DJ Spooky Luke ruled the show with an iron fist and did not permit DJ Sasparilla to play anything that was not from West Africa. Thankfully he was redeployed to Edmonton where he now hosts the show Hip-Hop Spread on the Planet Bread with DJ Rankin' B (AKA: Steel Wolf)on CJSR. This power vaccuum created a state of total chaos, allowing the sweetness of the DJ Sassafrass to suffuse. Quickly the DJ's took many pleasure cruises around the African continent, and even across the Atlantic into the African diaspora (The Caribbean and the Americas). Soon we wholly adopted this cosmopolitan outlook changing our name in November of 2008 to the Pan-African Hour. The same show but more imposing, and way funnier. To hear our old shows check out radioscum.blogspot.com, where you can also hear Hip-Hop Spread on the Planet Bread as well as fellow CJLO show Eat My Country (DJ Alberta Bertha and DJ Edmonchuk). Besides learning about and hearing African and African-based music, this show includes guest spots from the future, fast hands in a game of dice, live feeds from international swamps, intergalactic space battles, and amateur rapping courtesy of us.
contact the show at: pah@cjlo.com just to talk, or for DJ bookings for Bar Mitzvahs, funerals, childrens birthday parties, and any other event that involves cake (for us) or swamps (for you (preferably international swamps (for you))).
Check out our latest show! This one's all Canadian (but still African...)
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This show features our friend from Edmonton DJ Rankin' B, who delivers the knowledge on the history of Jamaican music.
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Here we break up a snobby cocktail party and roll dice to decide what music to play. Hilarity ensues and children make noise.
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The ten best compilations from 2000 to 2009. From Columbian cumbia to Ghanian funk, lots of music from the glorious 70's.
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Hey cool kids. This sunday (tomorrow, the 5th of Decembre) your favorite djs are spinnin at Casa Del Popolo. Come out come out wherever you are. Bring your favorite record and we'll play something from it. Bring a mix tape (a real, bonified cassette) and we can exchange. Do it! Starting at ten o'clock...
and in case you were confused, your favorite djs are us, sassafrass and sasparilla. Just in case you weren't sure.
As you may have noticed dear listeners, we at the PAH and Eat My Country have recently discovered the wellspring of CBC radio 3. Ten years behind, you say? Yeah well, better late than never. So we're playing newer, canadianer stuff. Pretty exciting. We'll keep doing it, so don't you worry. I just thought I'd mention it...
Check it out, check it out- BOOM! We got coming up the dramatic conclusion of our special on Fela Kuti. In case you don't know who he is, you should DEFINITELY check out our upcoming show, because then you will. A bit of background: Fela Kuti was a Nigerian musician, activist and all around cool guy who, along with the somewhat unsung sidekick Tony Allen, basically invented afro-beat, pretty much the best dern music around. We're playing a three part special on Mr. Kuti (we played the first segment last week) produced by Afrobeatradio's Wuyi Jacobs titled 'Fela Kuti: High Priest of Afrobeat- A Felabration Radio Special. Y'all better check it out!
Just getting into African music? In a way, so am I. I started DJing on CJLO a little more than two years ago and at the time I had a taste for West African music (almost all I knew about was music from Mali), but I really knew almost nothing about African music. Over the last two years I have learned a bit from doing this show, and me and DJ Sassafrass have taken on the holy mission of introducing African music to as many people as we can, a task which has not been easy! If you are interested, this is a little blog to get you started.
The African mainland includes 48 countries. Off the mainland there are 13 countries, many of which consist of several islands, that can be considered part of Africa, including Madagascar. In The African Diaspora (North, Central, and South America)...
What were up to: Well! We are currently working on making African mixtapes. Sweet no? Right now were working on a mixtape about the ABCs of African music. Every letter gets at theme, as in A is for Afrobeat and Z is for Zimbabwe. Most of the themes are either artists, styles or countries. Other mixtape possibilities include the ABCs of the African Diaspora, a tape that focuses on funk and soul, and a tape about the history of Jamaican music from mento to dancehall.
What else? We love Cumbia! Our last show was about Cumbia music from Columbia and Panama from the 60s/70s. Its an awesome style that tends to occur in two forms: 1) as a small ensemble with accordeon being the predominant instrument, or 2) with a large jazz band, sounding like moody, yet quick paced Latin swing music...